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Community Foundation Board – October 2012
Click on the sections below to read more about our Board, staff team and honorary officials who together make the Community Foundation tick. There are many more friends and supporters who give their time and expertise as members of grant panels and fund advisory groups.
President: His Grace the Duke of Northumberland
Patrons:
- Dame Margaret Barbour DBE DL
- Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison KCVO TD
- Sir Tom Cowie OBE
- Joan Halbert
- Guy Readman OBE DL
- Lyn and Trevor Shears OBE
Vice-Presidents:
- Kate Adie OBE
- Lord Beecham
- Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP
- Nigel Sherlock OBE Hon DCL
- John Squires OBE DCL DL
- Hugh Welch
- Rt Rev Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle
- Mike Worthington OBE
Board of Trustees
- Ashley Winter OBE (Chair)
- Professor Chris Drinkwater CBE (Deputy Chair)
- Jamie Martin OBE (Deputy Chair)
- Colin Seccombe (Treasurer)
- John Clough MBE
- Alastair Conn
- Jo Curry
- Fiona Cruickshank OBE
- Professor Charles Harvey
- Dean T Huggins
- Gev Pringle
- Jane Robinson
- Kate Roe
- Sue Winfield OBE
The following are co-opted to sub-committees of the Board: Mark Hatton and Guy Readman.
Staff team
Senior staff
- Rob Williamson – Chief Executive
- Sonia Waugh FCCA – Finance & Operations Director/Deputy Chief Executive
- Derry Nugent – Head of Philanthropy Services
- Lisa Cappleman – Head of Philanthropy Development
- Mark Pierce - Head of Policy, Projects & Programmes
- Adam Lopardo – Head of Culture Partnerships/Sponsors Club Director
Fund Development Managers:
Communications and Events Executive
Grant Programme Executives:
Project teams:
- Katie Wellstead – Senior Fund Development Manager (Environment) – currently on maternity leave
- Alison Forbes – Senior Fund Development Manager (Environment) – maternity cover
- Ellie Turner – Culture Partnerships (Sponsors Club) Manager
Finance and administration team:
- Dawn Porter – Officer Manager/PA
- Sarah Phillipson – Finance & Personnel Administrator – Currently on maternity leave
- Kaman Yuen – Finance & Personnel Administrator – maternity cover
- Adam Smith – ICT Support Administrator
- Val Guest – Administrator
- Vivienne Rodgers – Administrator
